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  • Talking points: Circus fleas, Maryland pizza, Obama's Easter Sunday trip to church

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013

    They froze to death. All 300 members of a troupe of performing fleas succumbed to freezing temperatures this week, leaving flea circus director Robert Birk scrambling to find and train a new troupe before a fair in Mechernich-Kommern. Birk said this was the first time his entire troupe had...

  • Talking points: Princeton mom, San Francisco elf, Pepsi's makeover

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Mar 30, 2013

    Susan Patton, a Princeton University alumna and mother to two male Princeton students, wrote a letter to the Daily Princetonian to express what college ladies should really be on: finding a husband. In a letter to the school's paper -- which is addressed to "the daughters I never had" -- she...

  • Talking points: Nationals' worth, Shroud of Turin and space travel

    Talking Points

    Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013

    How much are the Nationals worth? Washington's baseball team is worth $631 million, according to a Forbes magazine ranking of 30 professional ball clubs. That makes the Nats the 14th most valuable team in the majors. The most valuable team is the New York Yankees, worth $2.3 billion, with the...

  • Talking Points: $2,000 whiskey, flipping ecosystem, energy drink saftey

    Talking Points

    Published: Mon, Mar 25, 2013

    What kind of whiskey is worth $2,000 a bottle? The Old Farm rye whiskey that was produced in 1913 by the West Overton Distilling Co. in Pittsburgh area and bottled in 1917. During renovations of an area mansion twelve cases of the well-aged nectar were discovered hidden under the stairs. A...

  • Talking Points: Cookie back taxes, millions for ban, bag tax excesses

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

    Is the Berger cookie in trouble? DeBaufre Bakeries, the Baltimore company that makes the historic treat, is well behind in its taxes. According to the Baltimore Sun, the bakery owes the IRS $109,000 in back taxes dating to 2009. It has been a rough stretch for the bakery, which had to close...

  • Talking Points: rodent warrant, loo shortage, burning down the house

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    Who's Montgomery County's most wanted criminal? Montgomery County police are looking for a different kind of criminal than they're usually searching for, namely a furry one. Officers issued a wanted poster for Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who is suposed to predict when...

  • Talking Points: 'Iron Dome,' hacker Guccifer, Colt's Manufacturing

    Talking Points

    Published: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

    What is the "Iron Dome?" It's a nickname for an antimissile system built by Israel with help from U.S. funding, and it came to the world's attention this week because it's being engaged to protect President Obama while he's visiting. Israel said the system, which uses missiles to shoot down...


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